American conspiracies : lies, lies, and more dirty lies that the government tells us / by Jesse Ventura, with Dick Russell.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., c2010.Description: xx, 228 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 160239802X (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781602398023 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 973 V468 | Available | 33111006066761 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this explosive account of wrongful acts and on-going cover-ups, Jesse Ventura takes a systematic look at the wide gap between what the American government knows and what it reveals to the American people. For too long, we the people have sat by and let politicians and bureaucrats from both parties obfuscate and lie. And according to this former Navy SEAL, former pro wrestler, and former Minnesota governor, the media is complicit in these acts of deception. For too long, the mainstream press has refused to consider alternate possibilities and to ask the tough questions. Here, Ventura looks closely at the theories that have been presented over the years and separates the fact from the fiction.
In Ventura's eyes, the murder of Abraham Lincoln and the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, all need to be re-examined. Was Watergate presented honestly, or was the CIA involved? Did the Republican Party set out to purposefully steal two elections on behalf of George W. Bush? Has all the evidence been presented about the 9/11 attacks or is there another angle that the media is afraid to explore? And finally, is the collapse of today's financial order and the bailout plan by the Federal Reserve the widest-reaching conspiracy ever perpetrated?
"If you're talking outspoken, unconventional, and no-holds-barred, you're talking Jesse Ventura."--Larry King
"I wouldn't mind seeing Ventura run for president (or for senator, or dog-catcher, or whatever). In addition to talking conspiracy, he's likely to raise all sorts of other trouble."--Damon W. Root, Reason Magazine
Includes bibliographical references.
The first not-alone-nut: John Wilkes Booth -- The big-money plot to overthrow FDR -- The Kennedy assassination: biggest cover-up of my lifetime -- The assassination of Malcolm X -- The murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr -- The assassination of Robert Kennedy -- Watergate revisited: the CIA's war against Nixon -- The Jonestown Massacre -- "October surprise": the first stolen election -- Your government dealing drugs -- The stolen elections of 2000, 2004 (and almost 2008) -- What really happened on September 11? -- The Wall Street conspiracy -- The secret plans to end American democracy.